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June 24, 2014
SHAMAN RISES!
Know what today is?
Today is the day SHAMAN RISES, last book of the Walker Papers, hits the shelves! Go forth! Buy! Enjoy! Weep!
Um. Well. Um. O.O
Seriously, I’m all big-eyed about this, because it’s the end of an era. I wrote URBAN SHAMAN in the year 2000, although it took me a while to do anything about it, but it means I’ve been working on this series for well over a decade, and to have the last book coming out…wow.
I hope you all like it. :)
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June 21, 2014
comics
My friend Maura McHugh‘s new Hellboy-universe comic Witchfinder launched this week. There was a signing today at the local comic shop, where I had the following conversation with a friend:
Him: Reading any good comics?
Me: I’m really reading more *about* comics than actual comics these days.
Him: Oh, you mean like academic journals?
Me: Un, no, I mean like Tumblr…
*laughs* Yes, well, at least I’m honest.
In other comics news, Leah sent my script back with ridiculously helpful commentary which amou...
June 18, 2014
scripting
Me: I have finished a comic script, the first in ages. If I am brave and smart, now I will send it to Leah Moore* for commentary.
Leah: Dooooooooooo eeet!
Me: But what if it’s AWFUL?
Leah: Then I shall post a gif of me frowning slightly and shaking my head very slowly!
*giggles helplessly* She felt it necessary to assure me that was a joke, after posting it. *laughs more* I love Leah. Funny, funny lady. :)
*leah has volunteered for this, i do not normally just send things to other professionals an...
June 16, 2014
five things make a post
I had things to post about when I opened this window, I swear. Now I’ve forgotten them all.
Well, anyway. Let’s see. There was an early showing of the second How To Train Your Dragon movie yesterday, and the first half of it was good. Ted says the second half was good too, but Young Indiana didn’t make it all the way through, so neither did I. :)
I did see (all of) Belle this weekend, and it was *wonderful*. Highly, highly recommended.
Working my way through Veronica Mars. I’m a little less th...
June 12, 2014
dear chance fans…
…if you had a choice between a whole Chance-world origin story or an introduction to a new modern character in the Chance world, which would you prefer?
I actually have an artist lined up (possibly even two) so I’m trying to get ducks in a row for doing some kind of mini-stories for web release and maybe eventual Comixology release.
Speaking of which, I’ve just taken the first small step toward getting Chance prepared to submit to Comixology by getting my colorist to redo 3 or 4 pages where we...
a month of workouts, i hope
I live in the eternal belief that tomorrow, or next week, or next month, or next year, I’m going to wake up an entirely different person and actually do the (insert great thing) here that I intend to do. I never actually do this, of course, but I live in eternal hope.
However, having just come off two weeks of slovenly gluttony during which I blew out the thigh of my last pair of jeans, forcing me to go participate in the horrendous activity of clothes shopping, I’m…not exactly seized. More li...
June 10, 2014
a good superhero day
It’s been a good superhero day. First, this morning:
Young Indiana, looking at a picture of the Carol Danvers Ms Marvel: Is that Lightning Lady?
Me: . o O ( wow, i have really *got* to write a comic of his superhero characters! )
Later, in the rain:
Young Indiana: I’m Superman! I’ll stop the rain!
Me: We’re gonna need Storm for that, honey.
Young Indiana: STORM! Can you please stop the rain?
*rain stops*
(srsly, got a whole lineup of superheros now. the invisible hulk (which is like my favourite idea...
Mental Health Day
I asked for a Mental Health Day as a birthday present from my parents, and yesterday got to take advantage of it. They collected Young Indiana at about 9am, leaving me to sit quietly and finish reading my book without interruption (!).
Book finished, I toddled into town and met a friend for lunch, which was great fun and involved a lot of laughter and probably too-loud voices. :) After that I got a 90 minute massage, after which I was going to have an eye exam but I decided focusing was too m...
June 9, 2014
Recent Reads: The Tamir Triad
I very nearly did not finish even the first book (THE BONE DOLL’S TWIN) of this trilogy, nevermind the whole thing, but damn, I’m glad I did.
I’d had it recommended to me a while back when I was thinking about the structure of a YA series I want to write someday. As it happens, it doesn’t do the thing I was thinking about, which is neither here nor there, but holy wow is it well written. I mean, really, really well written, to the point that despite the fact that I was not enjoying what I was...
June 6, 2014
exercise room :)
So my dad has converted the garden shed at my parents’ place into an exercise studio, with a weight bench and a stationary bike and free weights. I said heck, I was going to just start going over there to exercise!
“Good idea!” Ted said brightly. “It’s even a gym that provides childcare!”
*laughs and laughs* My parents thought it was funny, too, but I just like imagining the look on Mom’s face. :)
Actually, Ted also said “All it needs is a dance barre!” and now I’m all thinky. :)
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